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    ‘Best ever’ King joins other Big Four locos in model sale

    Aug 27, 2019 2 minutes
    By Geoff Courtney
    TRANSPORT TREASURY
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    AN imposing live steam model of GWR No. 6027 King Richard I with a top estimated sale price of £80,000 will be the star lot in an auction on September 24 of model locomotives representing all the Big Four and the BR Standard era.

    The 7¼in gauge locomotive is nearly 9ft long

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